Tropical Agroforestry [Paperback]

Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable land-use management in the tropics, as it provides environmental-friendly ecosystems; it also provides people with their every day need for food and cash. Since the recognition of agroforestry as a science, curricula have been developed for agroforestry programs for undergraduate and graduate trainings in Universities. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and make available educational material. This textbook strives to provide up-to-date information on tropical agroforestry to serve as educational material in the tropical context. The authoritative textbook of Nair (1993) on agroforestry was published 18 years ago, and before the advent of tree domestication, an important agroforestry practice today. In addition, many other research activities, such as carbon sequestration and integrated pest management, have been included in the agroforestry agenda. This textbook is intended for agroforestry students, teachers, and practitioners.This book offers a lucid analysis of current information on Agroforestry, a recognized sustainable land-use management tool in the tropics which provides environmental-friendly ecosystems and also provides people with their everyday need for food and cash.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Table of Contents.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Part I: Tropical Biomes, Land Use Issues and Introduction to Agroforestry Systems.- 1. Tropical biomes: classification and description.- 1.1. Classification of biomes based on climate.- 1.1.1. The K?ppen-Geiger classification system.- 1.1.2. The Holdridge life zones system.- 1.2. Other classification systems of biomes.- 1.2.1. Forest classification according to plant species.- 1.2.2. Forest classification based on soil nutrient status.- 1.2.3. Forest classification based on function.- 1.2.4. Classification of semiarid tropical biomes.- 1.3. Main tropical humid and semiarid biomes.- 1.3.1. Congo basin rain forests.- 1.3.2. Central and South AmerilC*